H.M.S. Sheldrake (1911)
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H.M.S. Sheldrake (1911) | |
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Pendant Number: | H.88 (1914) H.0A (Jan-Apr 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Denny[2] |
Launched: | 18 Jan, 1911[3] |
Completed: | 19 May, 1911[4] |
Sold: | Nov, 1921[5] |
Fate: | Broken up |
H.M.S. Sheldrake was one of twenty destroyers of the Acorn class.
Service
In mid-1913, Sheldrake was operating with the Second Destroyer Flotilla.[6]
She reduced to C. & M. Party at the Nore on 17 February, 1920.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander Richard A. A. Plowden, 20 December, 1912[8][9] – July, 1915[10]
- Lieutenant-Commander Maurice C. Bomford, July, 1915[11] – 19 December, 1916[12]
- Lieutenant-Commander Frederick P. Champion de Crespigny, 19 December, 1916[13] – after mid 1919 (and in command of a group of ships in reserve at Devonport)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 61.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 376.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 864.
- ↑ Plowden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/64. f. 64.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 398a.
- ↑ Plowden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/64. f. 64.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 907.
Bibliography
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